The New Kingdom

The New Kingdom was from 1550-1070 B.C. It was known as the Age of the Empire because during that period of time, the pharaohs had built a huge empire. When this empire reached its peak, it had gotten to the Euphrates River. Because of this, Egypt became more well rounded with parts of the Middle East and Africa.



One of the many great Pharaohs of Egypt was Hatshepsut. Princess Hatshepsut was born into the early 18th dynasty, which was a time when Egypt was getting over the fact that foreign Pharaohs were ruling over Egypt. “Although the 18th Dynasty was to develop into a period of unprecedented Egyptian prosperity, the deep humiliation of a hundred years o f Hyksos rule and the widespread civil unreast of the second intermediate Period were never fully forgotten, and a concern with replicating the halcyon days of the Old and Middle Kingdoms-and in particular the glorious 12th Dynasty- became a constant underlying theme of early 18th Dynasty political life” (Hatshepsut The Female Pharaoh).



When Queen Hatshepsut’s husband died, she took over in his place and ruled for stepson, Tutmosis III, who at the time was only 5 years old. In all, she was on the throne for about 20 years. While in power, Hatshepsut built for herself a terrace temple which was in Deir ei-Bahri. This temple was on the west bank of the Nile. In it she had gardens filled with the most sweet smelling plants a Pharaoh could have. She also had pictures of trees full of incense being loaded into ships getting ready to go to Punt. The temple stayed up by tramps connected to the terraces that stuck out of the rocky three level backdrop. By the end 19th century, there was little left of this temple except a pile of rubble and sand (Ancient Egypt).




Five hundred years after the removal of the Hyksos, and disputing the 18th, 19th, and 20th Dynasties, symbolize Egypt’s 3rd Golden Age. The country that was once more united under strong and great kings extended its frontiers farther into the east, into Palestine and Syria. During its climatic period of power and prosperity, which was between 1500 B.C. and 1162 B.C., large buildings had been built, which centered on the land of Egypt’s the new capital, Thebes.

“The New Kingdom represents the last period of high civilization in Egyptian history”. Shocked because they were being ruled by the Hyksos, Egypt tried to conquer over Syria and Palestine so that other countries wouldn’t try to attack them either. At the same time, Nubia had actually expanded to. In the New Kingdom, the most well known Pharaohs were Rameses II, Akhenaton, and Hatshepsut. Throughout the New Kingdom, the capital was kept at Thebes. In Thebes are some of Egypt‘s greatest monuments.